Basic Details
Surname
Boardall
Forenames
Edgar
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Edgar Athelstan
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He had been born and raised in Sowerby Bridge and educated at Hipperholme Grammar School (although on their memorial, 2822, he is not named). He had set up a business of his own selling prams in Blackpool before he enlisted in 1914. He was wounded serving in the Dardanelles in August 1915 and was treated in Alexandria: he was wounded again in November 1915 and died from that wound in St Elmo Hospital on Malta. He may also be commemorated on IWM 2822 but given the difference in names -= there is an L Burdall - Hornshaw and Fowler were not sure.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Malta
Country of burial
Malta
Town of burial
Pieta
Cemetery
Pieta British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1915
Month of death
December
Day of death
1
Age at death
19
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds